The fractured Jew : an exploration of modern Jewish ontology via identities in popular culture / by Joel West.
Historically Judaism has been called both a nation and a religion, yet there are those Jews who eschew the religious and national definitions for a cultural one. For example, while TV's Mrs. Maisel is ostensibly a Jew, the actor playing her is not, and Mrs. Maisel's actions are not always...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2022]
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| Series: | Popular culture (Brill Academic Publishers).
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Historically Judaism has been called both a nation and a religion, yet there are those Jews who eschew the religious and national definitions for a cultural one. For example, while TV's Mrs. Maisel is ostensibly a Jew, the actor playing her is not, and Mrs. Maisel's actions are not always Jewish. In 'The Fractured Jew' Joel West separates Judaism into phenomenological and performative, starting with popular portrayals of Jews and Judaism, in today's media, as a jumping-off point to understand Judaism and Jewishness, not from the outside, but from the emic, internal, Jewish point of view. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 95 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004510133 9789004510135 |